LH 141: Companion Planting Veggies & Flowers

LH 141: How to draw in beneficials and pollinators with flowers
There are huge rewards when you grow your vegetables and flowers in one space of your garden.
In this episode, I bring on flower farmer, Lisa Ziegler to explore exactly how we should companion plant to draw in beneficial insects, pollinators and so much more.
You will learn:
- Which flowers will help your tomatoes and why
- How your planting space determines sunflower height
- The difference between cool and warm season annuals
- How to prevent overwhelm when growing veggies
- Why native bees are so awesome for veggies
- A different way to do CSA farm memberships
- Lisa’s favorite sunflower for cut flower bouquets
Lisa Mason Ziegler:
Lisa Mason Ziegler is a cut-flower farmer, author, and nationally recognized speaker on organic gardening. Farming since 1998; her small urban farm produces thousands of stems of flowers and an abundance of vegetables each week in season.
Lisa gathers experiences from day-to-day life on her farm, hosts on-farm workshops and travels about speaking and teaching on this good life of urban farming. Connect with Lisa at TheGardenersWorkshop.com.
Resources & Links Mentioned:
The Gardeners Workshop – Lisa’s website
Vegetables Love Flowers* – Lisa’s book
Vegetables Love Flowers Virtual Book Study Program – Free lessons to go with Lisa’s book
Cool Flowers* – Lisa’s book
To get signed copies of Lisa’s Books, go HERE!
Easy Cut Flower Garden* – Lisa’s guide
The Flower Farmer* – book by Lynn Byczynski
Related Episodes:
Episode #95: Growing Organic Flowers with Floret Farm
Episode #98: How a Garden Book is Born (Floret)
Transcript:
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